Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicAlgernon Doll / Manuscripts / Star Rover @ Banshee Labyrinth, 21 January
In Edinburgh’s tiny sweatbox the Banshee Labyrinth, the taut, stuttering rhythms of three piece Star Rover recall hardcore legends Quicksand with ... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
MusicChvrches, Mogwai, The Twilight Sad members sign up for Big Sell charity event
Members of some of Scotland’s top bands will join Big Issue sellers on the streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh next month in support of the International ... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
ComedyThinking Outside the Box: Brendon Burns on his new tour
Touring the nation with a brand new comedy show, but actively avoiding comedy clubs? Incendiary Aussie Brendon Burns tells us why he's gigging everywhere but the places you might expect him Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
FilmBeyond Clueless
Do you ever wish the likes of EuroTrip and The Craft received the same kind of forensic critical scrutiny reserved for canonised classics? Charlie Lyne certa... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
Film
A Most Violent Year
Set in New York in 1981 (the city’s most violent year on record), writer-director J.C. Chandor’s third film focuses on aspirational heating ... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
Film
Wish I Was Here
How do you know when it’s time to stop chasing your dreams? In Zach Braff’s second directorial feature, this dilemma weighs heavily on Aidan (pla... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015
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Film
Draft Day
Sonny Weaver (Costner), general manager of the Cleveland Browns, is having a tough time in this Ivan Reitman comic drama. He's recently fired the team’... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
Art
Memo Akten, Alec Empire added to FutureEverything 2015 lineup
More details on the lineup for this year’s FutureEverything digital culture festival have been revealed, ahead of the 20th anniversary edition next mon... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
Film
The Gambler
Mark Wahlberg sheds the pounds and dusts off his best give-me-awards face to play Jim Bennett, a silver-spooned and self-destructive English professor whose ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
Music
First Aid Kit / Kimberly Anne @ Usher Hall, 19 January
“You guys are awesome!” She’s being nice; we’re not. This Usher Hall audience is January-cold, and tonight’s support –&nb... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
Music
Mr McFall’s Chamber – Further Distillations @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 19 January
McFall’s dissolve all pomp from your classic chamber concert: easy stage chat, a giggling audience and a decisive lack of anything vaguely black tie. I... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015 programme announced
With the full line-up for the 2015 Glasgow Film Festival unveiled, we take a look at some of the highlights, from screenings at pop-up roller discos to new films from Ruben Östlund and Noah Baumbach. Read more »| 21 Jan 2015 -
Music
The Twilight Sad, United Fruit, Hector Bizerk among Scottish bands set for SXSW
The seven bands set to fly the flag for Scottish music in Creative Scotland’s showcase at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival have been... Read more »| 21 Jan 2015 -
Theatre
Damon Albarn musical wonder.land set for MIF
A new musical based on the story of Alice in Wonderland with music by Damon Albarn has been added to the programme for this year’s Manchester Internati... Read more »| 21 Jan 2015 -
Film
Ex Machina
In Ex Machina, Caleb (Gleeson) is an impressionable computer programmer sequestered to his mega rich genius boss Nathan’s (Isaac) remote Alaskan palace... Read more »| 21 Jan 2015